Meeting on Peninsula Wildlife Survey

A public meeting on wildlife preservation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the South Coast Botanic Gardens.

Results of a Rolling Hills survey on residents’ knowledge of and attitudes about wildlife preservation will be announced at the meeting at 26300 Crenshaw Blvd.

The mail survey, which had a 40% response, was conducted by a Wildlife Preservation Committee appointed by the Rolling Hills City Council after some residents said increasing urbanization is driving away skunks, raccoons, foxes, opossums and other creatures.

Don Gales, a naturalist and vice chairman of the committee, said that the meeting will also discuss ways to attract more animal and bird life and that committee plans to release pheasant and quail into the gated community.